Election 2015: East Derry count underway

Sheena Jackson

The East Derry count in the 2015 General Election is underway, with a result expected well after 3am.

The East Derry count in the 2015 General Election is underway, with a result expected well after 3am. The seven candidates are Caoimhe Archibald (Sinn Fein), Yvonne Boyle (Alliance), Gregory Campbell (DUP), William McCandless (UUP), Gerry Mullan (SDLP), Neil Paine (Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol) and Elizabeth St Clair-Legge (Conservatives).

The Alliance's Yvonne Boyle with colleagues.

In the 2010 Parliamentary election there were 63,220 eligible voters. Votes polled numbered 35,086. Valid votes numbered 34,950. Invalid Votes were 136 and the turnout was 55.5 per cent.